Thursday, March 25, 2010

I'm stunned.I just saw a clip of Jamie Oliver in a classroom with what looked to be first graders. Jamie held up a cluster of vine tomatoes...none of the kids knew what they were, the same thing happened when he held up a beet, cauliflower, eggplant...and on it went. I've been mumbling, sometimes ranting - about what the average American feeds their child, it's pretty pathetic. Chicken fingers and tater tots seem to be the norm...along with mac and cheese and drive through mickey d's...lovely. If you love your kids start to feed them like you love them...stop poisoning them.Heck...plant a garden and show them where food really comes from.And yes...the gardening here at this old farm has already started, the raspberries are tied, we've planted two kinds of peas, beets, spinach, arugula...and four kinds of lettuce. The cilantro is growing like crazy...time to chop up some tomatoes and make some salsa!I still can't get the image out of my head...a whole classroom of kids and not one had a clue what that round red veggie was.Sad.Heartbreaking actually.

Sunday, March 7, 2010

Okay...that was fun!Here's a shot of the back entry - we couldn't decide what to put on the floor, I was a little obsessed with the possibility of the washer leaking - been there done that...too many times. I stumbled upon this flooring at the local home improvement store, it was really inexpensive and I was hoping it would match the other flooring - the colors were perfect! This weekend I decided to see if I could put it down...what a breeze, it was so easy I could hardly believe it - sometimes this home improvement adventure is just plain fun...and sometimes it's not... but we won't go there right now. I don't know how long this flooring will last, but for right now I don't care...it's in....I love it...it was super easy - - - I'm happy ;)

And now for something pretty outside.Goodness.The magnolia is ready to pop...this is always my favorite stage of bloom,this amazing promise of beauty

This Old Farm

One old dairy farm, a farmer, his wife...and a dog. The farmer farms.The farmers wife writes the blog, she also likes to:gardencooktake road tripsreadfind new musicbuy too many magazinesmake stuff out of junkpaintarrange flowerslaughbuild stuff...the farmers wife likes it when the farmer gives her power tools for gifts...that's not everybody's cup of tea but it works for her.The dog is happiest when the people at her farm let her participate in projects...she usually has a bit of paint on her tail.